DEAKIN PHILOSOPHY SEMINAR, DECEMBER 8, 2015 A/Prof. Colin Koopman (University of Oregon), “The Infopolitics of Race: Segregation by Data, 1923-1938” Abstract: Contemporary political assemblages from mass surveillance to finance capitalism to big data suggest that we may be in the midst of new political conditions. Many have sought to conceptualize these assemblages in such terms …
Lynne Friedli, Robert Stearn, Positive affect as coercive strategy: conditionality, activation and the role of psychology in UK government workfare programmes, Medical Humanities 2015;41:40-47 doi:10.1136/medhum-2014-010622 Open Access Abstract Eligibility for social security benefits in many advanced economies is dependent on unemployed and underemployed people carrying out an expanding range of job search, training and work …
Rudan, P. Society as a Code: Bentham and the Fabric of Order (2015) History of European Ideas, 16 p. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/01916599.2015.1077147 Abstract The essay argues that Jeremy Bentham played a major role in the transitional process between the eighteenth and the nineteenth centuries leading to the ‘discovery’ or ‘invention of society’ as …
Casey, M., Mooney, A., Smyth, J., Payne, W. ‘Power, regulation and physically active identities’: the experiences of rural and regional living adolescent girls (2015) Gender and Education, 20 p. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/09540253.2015.1093098 Abstract Drawing on interpretations of Foucault’s techniques of power, we explored the discourses and power relations operative between groups of girls …
Barker-Ruchti, N., Barker, D., Sattler, S., Gerber, M., Pühse, U. Second Generation Immigrant Girls’ Negotiations of Cultural Proximity in Switzerland: A Foucauldian Reading (2015) Journal of International Migration and Integration, 16 (4), pp. 1213-1229. DOI: 10.1007/s12134-014-0386-9 Abstract Although overtly racist political discourse in Switzerland has receded, culturalist discourses continue to construct ideal immigrants. Policies define …
Llewellyn, A. Problematising the pursuit of progress in mathematics education (2015) Educational Studies in Mathematics, 16 p. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1007/s10649-015-9645-8 Abstract In this article, I use a Foucauldian poststructural analysis to examine productions of progress within key discursive spaces of mathematics education. These sites of production are educational policy, mathematics education research and …
McCarthy, J. Closing the casket: professionalism and care amongst funeral directors in the Republic of Ireland (2015) Mortality, 17 p. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/13576275.2015.1100160 Abstract In this article, the professional identity of funeral directors is explored through in-depth interview data. The article explores the experiences of funeral directors and ways in which they position …
Michel Foucault: a mente mais brilhante do século XX [+32 livros para download gratuito] Michel Foucault é um dos maiores filósofos da contemporaneidade, foi responsável por novos caminhos na análise do poder e da história e tem relevância acadêmica fora de série. Abaixo você verá uma introdução sobre sua vida, 17 artigos sobre Foucault no …
Michel Foucault, Against Himself: Arlette Farge Remembers Foucault on the Streets of Paris, Literary Hub, 16 Nov 2015 The following conversation with French historian Arlette Farge is excerpted from Michel Foucault, Against Himself, a collection of interviews and essays exploring the contradictions and conflicts at the heart of Michel Foucault’s life and work. You met Foucault after …
Kollosche, D. Criticising with Foucault: towards a guiding framework for socio-political studies in mathematics education (2015) Educational Studies in Mathematics, 14 p. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1007/s10649-015-9648-5 Abstract Socio-political studies in mathematics education often touch complex fields of interaction between education, mathematics and the political. In this paper I present a Foucault-based framework for socio-political …
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